Windows 10: Why have a bunch of my folders moved to One Drive suddenly?

I have never set up One Drive, so obviously i 've never used it.

I was having problems with Edge. I did a Reset, using the keep my files option. That didn't help, so I did a refresh. 3 times. It did not help Edge, then my Grandson said it wouldn't help Edge anyway, I (no, he) did a simple Reset from apps, advanced settings.

At this time, I discovered that My Desktop, Documents, 3D objects, and several other folders, have been moved to One Drive. To "Lee Hyde's Notebook", which is reached thru an Inernet Shortcut.

And a Lee Hyde directory has appeared in my Navigation Pane, which in addition to others, has several empty folders, as their files have been moved to One Drive.

I have done Refresh and Reset several times before,, and this has never happened. I 've never used, much less even setup One Drive.

Did this happen due to my Reset or Refresh operations?

Oh, by the way, I do have everything backed up, so I'm good.

But that shouldn't even matter as , I suppose, they should , somehow, be unharmed up in the ozone as Lee Hyde's Notebook, which I reckon is part of One Drive, which is part of......, which must be in...... I don't know, I 'm just confused, trying figure out if it's Trump, Climate Change, AOC, Bernie, Uncle Joe, or just some guy named Lee hitting too many buttons?

Fact is, computers are actually dumb #@%@, and only do as told.

Help, please. Confused, but none the less unharmed.

:)

 

Suddenly, Documents folder has moved to Downloads

Hi,

One possible cause why your Documents folder suddenly moved to Downloads folder due to corrupted system files. To assist you better, we'd like to gather more information:

• Have you made any recent changes aside from connecting to your university network?
• Did you get any error messages when you tried to move it back?
• Does this happen with Documents folder only or with other folders also?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

We're looking forward to your response.

 

Suddenly, Documents folder has moved to Downloads

We appreciate the details you've provided. To address your issue, we suggest that you follow these steps on how to move your Documents Folder Location in Windows 10:

• You need to create a new folder named Documents at the location you want to move your personal Documents folder.
• Press Win + E to open File Explorer, right-click
  Documents, and select Properties.
• Select the Location tab and click the Move button.
• Browse and select the new Documents folder at the location you want to move the folder Documents. Click the
  Select Folder.
  
• Click OK to apply.
• Click Yes to move all the files from the old location to the new location.
• Your personal Documents folder and all of its contents will now be moved to the new location.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

 

Moved a folder from another drive and rename and it still shows as the old folder name in certain places

Hi Nick,

I suggest you to try the steps provided below and check the behavior.

• Create a new folder name it as 'My Videos'.
• Now copy/cut and paste the contents which are in the folder "Videos", and delete the folder "Videos".
• Now check the behavior.

Please keep us updated with the status of the folder, to assist you further.

Regards,